Washington DCJCC Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
1529 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Date: 4/4/2008 from 5:00 pm – 6:45 pm (Eastern Time)
Hosted By: Jessica Perlman
jessicap@washingtondcjcc.org, 202-777-3247
RSVP by: April 3, 2008 at 5:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Then She Found Me
Friday, April 4, 5:00 pm
USA, 2007, 35mm
100 minutes, English
Director: Helen Hunt
SNEAK PREVIEW ”“ Special Event ”“ FREE
Helen Hunt’s feature directorial debut opens with klezmer clarinet and a Jewish wedding. April Epner (Hunt), a New York City teacher is finally marrying her nebbishy groom ”“ played perfectly by Matthew Broderick. Then She Found Me, adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel, quickly turns into an account of April’s mid-life crisis; her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies the next day, and she is desperately sad that she doesn’t have children of her own. Amidst all of these heartbreaking events, April’s birth mother Bernice (Bette Midler) surfaces unexpectedly and adds even more confusion to April’s life. She finds comfort in an unorthodox relationship with the single father of one of her students (Colin Firth), in this wonderfully human examination of life, warts and all.
